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24 Million IOPS on a Single Device

Crossbar Briefing Note Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) is the nirvana of the memory and storage market. It provides most of the speed and durability of RAM but the persistence of flash. The combination should drive both in-memory computing initiatives and high

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EMC Enterprise Copy Data Management Solution

Data centers are drowning in data. The unprecedented growth comes from a variety of new sources like data generated by Internet of Things (IoT) devices, as well as from traditional sources like user data. But the biggest area of data

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Object Storage with High Performance and Security

If object storage and the S3 API interests you, but you are holding back because of concerns about performance or security, Scality would like to introduce RING 6.0. Scality is advertising it as the first object storage system with enterprise

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Webinar: Which Storage Architecture is Best for Splunk Analytics?

According to IDC, by 2020 40 percent of all data will be machine-generated. Much of this data is unstructured log data from web/app servers, mobile app/devices, and internet of things (IoT). Enterprises of all types and sizes are looking at

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The Problems with Data Monetization

Data Monetization is leveraging an organization’s existing data to either increase profits or efficiency. This data can come from a variety of sources including modern devices like the Internet of Things (IoT) and sensors and cameras. But it can also

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MeetTheCEO: Scality’s Jerome Lecat

Sometimes the best traveled roads take you around some curves. That’s the kind of road Jerome Lecat is traveling with his company Scality. In this episode on Storage Switzerland’s MeetTheCEO, George Crump and Charlie Hodges talk to Lecat about his

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NAS vs. Object: Protecting High File Count Systems

The modern data center today is faced with storing, managing and protecting an ever-increasing torrent of data, most of which needs to be stored for indefinite periods of time due to various government rules, regulations and laws. File counts have

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Can you do it better? A Balanced Approach to Cloud Storage

For most organizations, public cloud storage is a great place to start but not where they should end. While there is an initial operational advantage to the public cloud, the long-term cost of renting TBs of capacity may be too expensive even after you factor in storage management costs. A private cloud storage solution can leverage similar concepts of public providers to keep the hard and soft costs under control while gaining the advantages of owning vs. buying, increased security, and localized performance.

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What is Object Storage and what can you use it for?

For an increasing number of organizations, the traditional file server may have outlived its usefulness. File servers were designed in an era where most employees were in a single location; road warriors were a rare breed and the only files

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Reining in Runaway Data Sprawl

Briefing Note: Komprise Data Management Solution As anyone who has been in IT for a while knows, modern organizations are swamped by what has been called a “tsunami of data.” Various industry sources have indicated that data is more than

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